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“Guess who had a mad love making affair with her own husband last night?” Ms. O’Connor tweeted,
according to Reuters.

Using Twitter shorthand, she added: “We decided to be boyfriend and girlfriend again an stay married but we did rush so we gonna return to be friend g friend…an be sickeningly happy an go counsellin an move in in like a yr regular people…but stay married.”

The relationship was threatened within only three hours of their Dec. 8 wedding in Las Vegas, she said, blaming people in her husband’s life for sabotaging the marriage. Chances are her dealings with those same people will be more awkward than ever now.

Although not quite so publicly, couples break up and get back together all the time.

How long should one wait before announcing a split? And how should a couple handle it if they do get back together after telling everyone they're through?